Characteristics of Qualitative Descriptive Studies: A Systematic Review.
Characteristics of Qualitative Descriptive Studies: A Systematic Review.
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DOI：
10.1002/nur.21768
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发表时间：
2017-02
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2
通讯作者：
Bradway C
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作者：
Kim H;Sefcik JS;Bradway C
定性描述（QD）是一个广泛用于描述卫生保健和护理相关现象的定性研究的术语。然而，在现有文献中发现关于QD的讨论有限。在本系统性综述中，我们确定了2014年发表的研究文章中报告的方法和结果的特征，作者将其确定为QD。在检索和筛选后，从55篇QD文章的样本中提取数据，并对其进行检查，以描述研究目标、设计依据、理论/哲学框架、抽样和样本量、数据收集和来源、数据分析和结果呈现。在这次审查中，确定了三个主要结果。首先，尽管存在不一致，但大多数文章包括与有限的可用QD定义和描述一致的特征。其次，方法的灵活性或可变性是常见的，对于获得丰富的数据和理解一种现象是可取的。最后，如何选择QD方法以及为什么它适合特定研究的理由在样本中是有限的，因此需要更多的关注。基于这些发现，建议包括鼓励研究人员提供尽可能多的细节，关于他们的QD研究的方法，使读者可以确定是否使用的方法是合理的，有效的，在产生有用的结果。
Qualitative description (QD) is a term that is widely used to describe qualitative studies of health care and nursing-related phenomena. However, limited discussions regarding QD are found in the existing literature. In this systematic review, we identified characteristics of methods and findings reported in research articles published in 2014 whose authors identified the work as QD. After searching and screening, data were extracted from the sample of 55 QD articles and examined to characterize research objectives, design justification, theoretical/philosophical frameworks, sampling and sample size, data collection and sources, data analysis, and presentation of findings. In this review, three primary findings were identified. First, despite inconsistencies, most articles included characteristics consistent with limited, available QD definitions and descriptions. Next, flexibility or variability of methods was common and desirable for obtaining rich data and achieving understanding of a phenomenon. Finally, justification for how a QD approach was chosen and why it would be an appropriate fit for a particular study was limited in the sample and, therefore, in need of increased attention. Based on these findings, recommendations include encouragement to researchers to provide as many details as possible regarding the methods of their QD study so that readers can determine whether the methods used were reasonable and effective in producing useful findings.